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School: Hollyfort (roll number 12523)

Location:
Hollyfort, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mabel Vaughan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 202

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    For Jaundice.
    The white part of goose-dund boiled in new milk.
    The blood of a black cat.
    Worms stewed in milk.
    Ragweed boiled in milk.

    For Whooping Cough
    Soup made from kittens, - boiled.
    The food which has been left by a ferret.
    To pass the sufferer 9 times under an ass.
    For Shingles
    The blood of a Keogh (i.e. from a person of that name, which is pronounced locally as Kyóck-a)
    The blood of a person whose parents bore the same name.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr William Griffen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Curraghlawn, Co. Wicklow